In 2007 the National Education Association polled parents and teachers to find their favorites. Here's the list and we do have to agree, these are some great reads.
Books with the ^^ raised eyebrows appear on the Children's Top 100 Book list too!
Books with the ^^ raised eyebrows appear on the Children's Top 100 Book list too!
1. Charlotte's Web^^
by E. B. White
(read aloud edition)
2. Where the Wild Things Are^^
by Maurice Sendak
3. The Giving Tree^^
by Shel Silverstein
4. Green Eggs and Ham^^
by Dr. Seuss
5. Goodnight Moon^^
by Margaret Wise Brown
6. I Love You Forever
by Robert N. Munsch
7. Because of Winn Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
- A Guide for Using Because of Winn-Dixie in the Classroom
by Teacher Created Resources Staff
8. Oh! The Places You Will Go
by Dr. Seuss
9. The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton
10. The Polar Express^^
by Chris Van Allsburg
11. Skippyjon Jones
by Judy Schachner
12. Thank You Mr. Falker
by Patricia Polacco
13. The Cat in the Hat^^
by Dr. Seuss
14. The Lorax
by Dr. Seuss
15. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate DiCamillo
16. The Mitten^^
by Jan Brett
17. Crunching Carrots, Not Candy
by Judy Slack
18. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
by Mo Willlems
(Mo & That Wonderful Pigeon
- list of Pigeon books)19. Harry Potter
(series)^^by J.K. Rowling
20. A Wrinkle in Time^^
by Madeleine L’Engle
21. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst
22. Are You My Mother?
by P.D. Eastman
23. Corduroy
by Don Freeman
(book and CD)
(book and bear)
24. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
by Kevin Henkes
25. Stellaluna
by Janell Cannon
26. Tacky the Penquin
by Helen Lester
27. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe^^
by C.S. Lewis
28. The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams
29. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Bill Martin Jr.
(book and CD)
30. Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type
by Doreen Cronin
31. Harold and the Purple Crayon
by Crockett Johnson
(50th edition :)
32. Horton Hatches the Egg
by Dr. Seuss
33. Junie B. Jones (series)^^
by Barbara Park
34. Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
35. Make Way For Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey
36. The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
(tween and up)
37. Piggie Pie ^^
by Margie Palatini
38. The Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper
(another wonderful classic)
39. The Monster at the End of this Book
by Jon Stone
(a Sesame Street book)
40. The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
(beware of all the 'graphic' novel/easy reader versions unless that is what you want, we highly doubt those are the ones parents and teachers meant with this nomination)
41. A Bad Case of Stripes
by David Shannon
42. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett
(not like the movie... at all)
43. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburg
(tweener on up)
44. Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke
(part of a trilogy - box set)
45. Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
(Newbery Winner)
(tweener on up)
46. Officer Buckle and Gloria
by Peggy Rathmann
(Caldecott Medal book)
47. Olivia
by Ian Falconer
48. The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)^^
by Roald Dahl
49. The Kissing Hand
by Audrey Penn
50. The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
51. The Sneetches
by Dr. Seuss
52. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
53. Tikki Tikki Tembo^^
by Arlene Mosel
54. A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
55. Bark, George
by Jules Feiffer
56. Bunnicula
by James Howe
(so funny. Stand-alone or part of a series)
57. The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
58. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory^^
by Roald Dahl
59. Charlie the Caterpillar
by Dom DeLuise
60. Chrysanthemum
by Kevin Henkes
(a classic)(there's a Big Book size)
61. Dear Mr. Henshaw^^
by Beverly Cleary
62. Frederick
by Leo Lionni
(a classic available in many languages)
63. Frindle
by Andrew Clements
(tween on up)
64. Frog and Toad
by Arnold Lobel
(link is for the series - it's so much fun)
65. Guess How Much I Love You
by Sam McBratney
66. Harris and Me
by Gary Paulsen
67. Harry the Dirty Dog
by Gene Zion
68. Hop on Pop^^
by Dr. Seuss
69. How the Grinch Stole Christmas^^
by Dr. Seuss
70. I Love You, Stinky Face
by Lisa McCourt
71. Is Your Mama A Llama?
by Deborah Guarino
72. Jan Brett's
books73. Knots on a Counting Rope
by Bill Martin Jr.
74. Little Women^^
by Louisa May Alcott
75. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
by Virginia Lee Burton
76. Miss Rumphius
by Barbara Cooney
77. My Father’s Dragon
by Ruth Stiles Gannett
78. My Many Colored Days
by Dr. Seuss
79. My Side of the Mountain^^
by Jean Craighead George
80. No David!
by David Shannon
(kids love this one & there are follow up books
)81. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish^^
by Dr. Seuss
82. Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein
(poems - 30th edition)
83. Stephanie’s Ponytail
by Robert Munsch
84. Swimmy
by Leo Lionni
85. The Hundred Dresses
by Eleanor Estes
86. The Boxcar Children
(series)^^by Gertrude Warner
87. The Dark Is Rising
by Susan Cooper
(young adult)
88. The Empty Pot
by Demi
(another great book by Demi)
89. The Five Chinese Brothers
by Claire Huchet Bishop
(a classic)
90. The Giver^^
by Lois Lowr
(young adult)
91. The Grouchy Ladybug
by Eric Carle
92. The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
(for tween and up)
93. The Important Book
by Margaret Wise Brown
94. The Last Holiday Concert
by Andrew Clements
(another great book by Andrew Clements)
95. The Napping House
by Audrey Wood
96. The Quiltmaker’s Gift
by Jeff Brumbeau
97. The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats
(a modern classic)
98. The Story About Ping
by Marjorie Flack
(a classic)
99. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs^^
by Jon Scieszka
(funny, intelligent book)
100. Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
(tweens and up)
If you are curious as to what books children chose for their Top 100 Books, click here.